Day 6 - Safari Day

We left Naomi’s Village at 5:30 in the morning to drive to Lake Nakuru for a safari.

All I have to say about Kenyan traffic is Kenyan traffic be cray. It took us 3.5 hours to make a 2.5 hour trip because traffic decided to stop. Traffic in Kenya isn’t like traffic in the States. In America, when traffic stops we just sit and moan. There might be an occasional jerk who tries to skirt by on the shoulder, but everyone hates that guy. Every driver in Kenya is that guy. When traffic stops in Kenya, people find a way around. At one point on our way there, the two lane highway became a four lane highway. The “shoulders” became lanes. I put shoulders in quotations because there really weren’t any actual shoulders. We were in our little van zipping between trucks and dodging motorcycles. It was quite exhilarating.

We saw a truck carrying lumber that had overturned. Now in the US of A when I see a truck overturned I think, “Oh no! What happened?” In Kenya when I see a truck overturned I think, “Of course it’s overturned. Have you seen how they drive here?” I’m really surprised we didn’t see more overturned vehicles.

The safari was fun. Although, during part of it, the rocking of the van and the warm temperatures lulled me to sleep. We saw some animals. We saw giraffes, water buffalos, wart hogs, baboons, antelope, zebras, far-away rhinos, lions’ ears, and some more baboons. One of our vans broke during the safari, and I had to keep watch for the water buffalo, which I named Mark Ruffalo because well, you know, it rhymes. I intimidated him into staying where he was and not moving at all. Looking back on it, Mark Ruffalo the Water Buffalo might have just been a log.

Lions' ears

Zebras' butts

We ate an interesting blend of western-style food at the Lake Nakuru Lodge-Resort-Thingy. They have a man whose only job is to beat away baboons with a stick when they get too close. That sounds like an awesome job.

Man with a stick

When we got back to NV, we made s’mores for the kids and everyone sat around the fire pit and sang worship songs for a long time. We seriously sang like 27 songs. They know so many songs.

TOMORROW: Church, chicken, chips, and chapati